Pelosi Praised Walz for Serving ‘On the Battlefield’ in Resurfaced Video
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota failed to correct then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she praised him for his service “on the battlefield” in a resurfaced video from 2007.
Walz’s claims about his military service and the timing of his 2005 retirement from the Minnesota National Guard have come under scrutiny since Vice President Kamala Harris announced him as her running mate Tuesday. In the video, Pelosi and other House Democrats were discussing a congressional resolution regarding the Iraq War while she introduced Walz, remarking on his military service.
“We’ll hear from Congressman — Command Sergeant Major — Tim Walz,” Pelosi said during the event in the CSPAN video while introducing Walz, then a first-term Minnesota Congressman. “And I was so moved by what Tim has said. He said he has taught these young people in high school, and then he had to lead them in the armed services. So he has, he knows, the potential of our young people and what we put at risk when we send them into harm’s way without the equipment that they need. He will speak for himself, but I want him to know how much we all appreciate his service to our country, whether it’s in the classroom or on the battlefield.”
FLASHBACK: Tim Walz thanked Nancy Pelosi at a press conference in 2007 in which she said while introducing him that "we appreciate his service on the battlefield."
CSPAN then identified Walz as an "Afghanistan veteran." pic.twitter.com/6HaKNyfKsf
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Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, the GOP nominee for vice-president, accused Walz of “dishonesty” while speaking at a campaign event in Wisconsin Wednesday, citing remarks Walz made in a video posted to X by the Harris campaign in which he called for a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” labeling them “weapons of war, that I carried in war.” (Read more from “Pelosi Praised Walz for Serving ‘On the Battlefield’ in Resurfaced Video” HERE)
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